Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard has claimed that he was raped by a US interrogator while in custody, The Cradle newspaper reported on Tuesday.
“I know what it’s like to be buried alive, I know what it’s like to be brutalized, including being raped, I understand it under interrogation,” Pollard said in an English interview on Prime Minister Khan’s Reshet Radio published on Tuesday.
When asked by an interviewer if he had mentioned that he had been raped by U.S. interrogators after being arrested on suspicion of espionage, Pollard replied, “That’s true. And I’m glad some of the hostages are talking about it now.”
Mr. Pollard continued: “The people who interrogated me were so happy with what they were doing that they didn’t care about my answers. They actually took pleasure in hurting me. They would never do that to a Soviet spy.”
He did not mention the department or agency that conducted the investigation.